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Last week, UAW members, leadership, elected officials and supporters gathered outside the black tie Auto Show Charity Preview in solidarity with the thousands of workers set to be affected by GM’s decision to close plants later this year. Learn more here >>>
The post Auto Show Charity Preview Candlelight Vigil appeared first on UAW.— Jan 25

We hear a lot about Millennials, and how this generation’s attitudes toward certain products and industries are shaping the future of our economy. While it hasn’t received nearly as much attention, Millennial attitudes towards workplace conditions are also significant, with new research showing that they hold a very favorable view of labor unions. A report
The post Millennials and Unions appeared first on UAW.— Jan 24

The focus of General Motors’ November announcement shutting down plants in Lordstown, Ohio; Hamtramck and Warren, Michigan; and Baltimore, Maryland shouldn’t be about money. It should be about people. UAW Local 22, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant electrician Paul Meszaros, of Dearborn, says, ‘We’ll work for heat right now,” as he joins others at a candlelight vigil
The post Labor Voices: GM leaves workers’ futures uncertain appeared first on UAW.— Jan 23

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with about 50 UAW members Friday at union headquarters in Detroit, telling them she will fight to keep their jobs as General Motors looks to idle five factories. Of the five, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Warren Transmission are in Michigan. Union workers in Lordstown, Ohio, and Oshawa, Ontario, also have been fighting back against GM’s
The post FREEP: Gov. Whitmer vows to fight GM to save UAW jobs at Detroit-Hamtramck appeared first on UAW.— Jan 21